Crop pathogens are more adaptable than previously thought
- Written by Antonis Rokas, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences, Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, and Director of the Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University
Bananas in Java, Indonesia, infected by the fungal pathogen _Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense_, which causes Fusarium Wilt.Clare Thatcher, CC BY-NDThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Many of the pathogens threatening the world’s major crops and food security are either fungi or fungus-like organisms...
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